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INDIAN DIASPORA CULTURE & TRADITION
Jainism Spiritual Beliefs
Here is a list of the basic and
essential beliefs of Jainism
1. As per the Jain religion there is no God,
it is the eternal universe that has been in
existence and will never end.
2. What controls the world is the law of
nature, it is not with the consent of God
that makes events happen in this world, it
is all karmic.
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Jainism entirely believes that everything
that happens to you is either because you
have performed a good or a bad deed, it
is not God who decided what you should
get, it is karma that decides what you
should get.
3. The consequence of a karma has to be
faced by that particular individual only. Be
it good or bad.
4. Jainism says each pure soul is God.
The one who can get rid of karma, cycle
of birth and death can get liberated. Even
God had to get liberated from all of these
cycles. Thus, we can do it as well.
5. Jainism talks about learning worshiping
God for his values and not as an
individual. It is more about learning the
same good values and implementing it in
life.
The main idea of attaining moksha is to
not come back into this world every again.
This concept is called Avatarvaad.
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